Almost Famous - NY Times and This Old House

We were close... SOOOOOO close.... finally I could throw away my suits and oh-so-business-edgy-socks and my logo-ed laptop bag... I could get a new toolbelt and hang with the pros! Norm, Tommy and Kevin, we coulda been pals...! (well, except for the Red Sox thing)

But, alas, the dream has died. This Old House called us to let us down easy. They chose another house, but we did make the final cut out of hundreds of submissions. They were really great throughout the process and very gracious in the end. We wish them and The Chosen house well in their project.

On a positive, and very exciting note, we were included in a New York Times article titled Bumps on the Road to a Greener City about the difficulties pursuing Green Building in New York City. The author, David Giambusso, was really trying to show all of the myriad complexities a homeowner faces with solar, wind power, composting and contractor knowledge.

You can find the article here, including this funny blurb:

“We spend all this time explaining it to them, and when they come back, what they’ve written up bears no resemblance to what we’ve described,” said Mr. ##redacted##.

Mr. ##redacted## tells of one tense conversation where he and a contractor had to parley at a Starbucks. “We had to meet at a neutral location,” he said.

They cut out the bit about the electrician who told me, "Solar doesn't work, don't bother." Yikes. Thankfully, we have a GREAT team in place now and are excited to be moving forward. I think our architects and GC are quietly relieved...


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